Hi K.,what exactly do you mean with "disappears during installation"?
At what stage of te install is it present and when does it disappear?
Basically, almost anything on these top-rated new machines can be related with ACPI... did you check if something changes if you disable/toggle the ACPI settings in the machines BIOS (if possible).
(just guessing however)
Also, did you try to see if that is a known problem/symptom? I know that Roderick Klein from Mensys is always searching for people with these kind of CPUs/machines for testing new ACPI kernel stuff... do you want me to forward this problem to him? Maybe he can check it out...
Greetings
Thomas
kk (08 Dec, 2006 20:36):
Using Core 2 Duo CPU (board: ASUS - P5B, Core Duo 6600) eComStation 1.2r German failed to install. CD-ROM disappears during installation. The same problem appears if I (copy and) start the system from a second harddisc (IDE).
Again the system fails to boot.
Does anybody have a solution?
K.